Baseball

Babson downs baseball team in 10 innings, 5-4

Apr 02, 2008

BABSON PARK, Mass. (courtesy Babson sports info) – Senior
Steve Tahmoush (Arlington, Mass.) lined a single down the left
field line to score sophomore pinch-runner Chris Wood (Medford,
Mass.) from third as the Babson College baseball team defeated
local rival Brandeis University, 5-4, in non-conference action on
Wednesday afternoon. With the win, the Beavers improved to 11-7
overall, while the Judges fell to 8-5.

Brandeis got one run back on sophomore John O’Brion’s
(Portland, Maine) fourth home run of the season in the fourth, and
then took the lead with a pair of runs in the fifth. Senior Chuck
Sheehan (Lexington, Mass.) singled in first-year Pat Nicholson
(East Walpole, Mass.) to tie the game at 2-2, and senior Malcolm
Cole-Coleman (Portland, Maine) scored the go-ahead run on a
sacrifice fly to right by first-year Tony Deshler (Pepperell,
Mass.).

The Beavers regained the lead in the bottom of the seventh, as
Scanlon and sophomore Peter O’Toole (Salem, Mass.) recorded
back-to-back RBI singles. Brandeis then tied the game again with an
unearned run in the top of the eighth, when sophomore Drake Livada
(Cape Elizabeth, Maine) reached on an error and scored on an RBI
single to right by sophomore Artie Posch (Hopedale, Mass.).

The score remained tied until the bottom of the 10th, when Scanlon
drew a lead-off walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by
O’Toole. Scanlon was then replaced by pinch-runner Wood, who
advanced to third on senior Andrew Nodine’s (Portland, Maine)
groundout to second. Tahmoush would clinch the win moments later,
when he lined a two-out single down the line in left.

Senior John Hudspeth (Mount Laurel, N.J.) earned his third straight
win in relief for the Beavers, as he allowed one unearned run on
three hits while fanning two in three innings to improve to 3-0 on
the year. Senior starter Jon Igoe (Lexington, Mass.) was also
outstanding in the no decision for Babson, giving up three runs on
five hits, walking two and striking out one in seven strong
innings.

Sophomore Kyle Ritchie (Brewster, Mass.) suffered the loss despite
tossing three solid innings of hitless relief. He allowed just one
run on two walks and struck out two in falling to 0-1 on the year.